Sport: 24 hours in pictures

Lee Westwood attempts to put the disappointment of finishing second at the Masters behind him as he puts in a practice round ahead of The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Photograph: Chris O'Meara/AP

Dani Alves celebrates after Bojan Krkic, not in picture, makes it 2-1 and puts Barcelona back in the lead during their La Liga match against Tenerife. Lionel Messi scored the first and last goals in Barcelona's 4-1 victory
Photograph: David Ramos/AP

Valencia's Pablo Hernandez grimaces as he gets caught by the boot of a Xerez player, though Hernandez would be smiling later as Valencia won the match 3-1
Photograph: Alberto Saiz/AP

Pablo Cuevas returns a shot to Pablo Andujar during their first round match in the Estoril Tennis Open in Lisbon. The No8 seed Cuevas eventually overcomes the qualifer from Spain after an early scare, to win 1-6, 7-5, 6-0
Photograph: Rafael Marchante/Reuters

Utah Jazz forward Paul Millsap (24) attempts to make a pass despite the attentions of the LA Lakers' Pau Gasolt during game two of their NBA Western Conference semi-final play-off series, which the Lakers won 111-103 to give them a 2-0 lead in the best of seven series
Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters

The LA Angels' starting pitcher Ervin Santana winds up to deliver a pitch against the Boston Red Sox. The Angels had contrasting fortunes to their NBA cousins as they lost the match 5-1
Photograph: Winslow Townson/AP

Ireland's Gary Wilson makes the most of the rain delay to sign autographs for some of the Twenty20 dancers. Unfortunately the rain delays did for the Irish team as England had made 120 but the delays meant Ireland were only able to amass 14 runs and the match was abandoned and England went through on the basis of a no result
Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters

Peru's Universitario keeper Luis Llontop is sent the wrong way during their Copa Libertadores penalty shoot-out against Sao Paulo which the Brazilian team won 3-1
Photograph: Sebastiao Moreira/EPA

The ticker tape falls ...
Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP

...and the smoke rises in the José Amalfitani stadium in Buenos Aires as the Velez Sarsfield fans stoke up the atmosphere ahead of their Copa Libertadores match against Mexico's Chivas. Their vociferous support spurred their team on to a 2-0 victory, but it wasn't enough as the Mexican side went through to quarter-finals 3-2 on aggregate
Photograph: Natacha Pisarenko/AP